Cranleigh wins contract with Cargolux Airlines

Commercial Motor

February 23, 2009

Cranleigh Freight Services has signed a contract with Cargolux Airlines to handle the road freight element of its inbound and outbound cargo-handling between the UK and Luxembourg.

CFS will service all UK airports with Heathrow acting as the UK hub. The operator has bought 12 Euro-5 DAF tractor units and mega roller-bed trailers from Van Eck to service the contract.

Picture above: Jeremy Westbrooke, Heathrow Cargo Handling Mark Boffee, UK regional director for Cargolux and Graham Young, joint managing director of Cranleigh Freight Services.

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